No.
55/2019-20
House
of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session – 49th
General Assembly
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Wednesday, October 21st,
2020
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a)
Statements
by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral
Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling of
Documents
(f) Notices of
Motion
(g) Answers to
questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1.
– Address in
Reply
2.
– Committee of Supply
3.
– Concurrence Motion –
Social Services Committee
Resource Committee
Third Reading Bills
4.
– Third Reading of a Bill – “An
Act To Amend The Insurance Contracts Act”. (Bill No. 41)
(Digital Government and Service NL)
Second Reading
5.
– Second Reading of a Bill – “An Act To Amend The Credit Union Act, 2009” (Bill
No. 46)
(Debate adj'd) (Digital Government and Service NL)
MOTIONS
1. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To Move “That This House Approves in
General the Budgetary Policy of the Government”. (Budget Speech) (Adjourned)
2. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To Move that the House Resolve itself into
a Committee of the Whole on Supply to Consider Certain Resolutions for the
Granting of Supply to Her Majesty”.
(Bill No. 42)
3. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To ask leave to introduce
a Bill entitled, “An Act Respecting The Supreme Court In The Province”. (Bill No. 7)
4. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES – To ask leave to
introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend Various Acts Of The Province Respecting
The Publication Of A Summary Of A Decision Or Order Of An Adjudication
Tribunal”. (Bill No. 22)
5. −
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF SERVICE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR – To ask leave
to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act Respecting The Protection Of The Health
Of Persons Exposed To Radiation And Respecting The Safety Of Persons In
Connection With The Operation And Use Of The Electrical And Mechanical
Components Of Radiation Producing Equipment And Associated Apparatus”. (Bill
No. 23)
6. – THE
HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled,
“An Act To Amend The Revenue Administration Act”. (Bill No. 43)
7.
– THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Revenue Administration Act, No. 2”. (Bill No. 44)
8.
– THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Revenue Administration Act, No. 3”. (Bill No.
45)
9.
– THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE – To ask leave to introduce a Bill
entitled, “An Act To Amend The Loan Act, 2020”. (Bill No. 47)
10. – THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER
OF FINANCE – To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled, “An Act To Amend The
Revenue Administration Act, No. 4” (Bill. No. 48)
11. –
THE CHAIR OF THE PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (Honourable D.
Bragg) – To Move:
“THAT the House of Assembly concur in the Report of the Standing
Committee on Privileges and Elections on the premature distribution of a report
of an officer of the House of Assembly.”
12. −
THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER – To Move:
“WHEREAS Justice LeBlanc has delivered his report Muskrat Falls: A Misguided Project which presents the key
findings of the public inquiry;
AND WHEREAS in that report it finds that the former Progressive Conservative
Government “was determined to proceed with the development of the hydroelectric
potential of the Lower Churchill River and it initiated several activities to
advance this development”;
AND WHEREAS the report further indicates that the former Progressive
Conservative Government “failed in its duty to ensure that the best interests
of the Province's residents were safeguarded”;
AND WHEREAS the Progressive Conservative Government “failed in its
responsibility to objectively assess and oversee the decisions and actions of
Nalcor”;
AND WHEREAS the original budget for the Muskrat Falls project was $7.4
billion and has risen to $12.7 billion yet findings are that “the assumptions
on which the Project's economics were based and promoted were not sufficiently
tested, and a comprehensive examination of the range of possible outcomes was
not undertaken”;
AND WHEREAS the report indicates that “this resulted in a combination of
unrealistic optimism, a willingness to misrepresent cost, schedule and risk,
and an inability to change course when things were going wrong”;
AND WHEREAS “the project had clearly reached the point of no return when the
Ball Government was elected (late 2015).
The real point of no return was at Financial Close of the FLG in
November 2013”;
AND WHEREAS the consequence of this $12.7 billion project has had a profound
financial impact on the people of the Province, without mitigation a doubling
of electricity rates, and represents greater than 30% of the Province's direct
and indirect debt;
THEREFORE BE RESOLVED that this House supports the referral of this report to the RCMP
and RNC for potential criminality and further refers it to the Department of
Justice and Public Safety for potential civil litigation.”
13. − THE HONOURABLE THE
MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY – To Move:
“WHEREAS the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
appointed a tribunal under section 28 of the Provincial Court Act, 1991 to make recommendations on the salaries
and benefits of judges and the chief judge;
AND
WHEREAS the tribunal submitted its recommendations to the Minister of
Justice and Public Safety on June 6, 2019;
AND WHEREAS the Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial Court Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal Report was tabled in this
Honourable House on June 25, 2019 as required by section 28.2 of the Act;
AND WHEREAS the House of Assembly is required
to approve, vary or reject the report;
AND WHEREAS Government has decided to ask this
Honourable House to accept all of the recommendations of the tribunal as
contained in its report of June 4, 2019:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House accept
the recommendations of the 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court
Judges Salary and Benefits Tribunal;
AND
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the recommendations of the Tribunal be implemented effective April 1,
2017”. (Debate
adj'd)
14. – MR. PERRY TRIMPER (Lake Melville)
– To Move:
“WHEREAS,
Health Canada has concerns about vaping as it can increase exposure to harmful
chemicals and lead to nicotine addiction, with youth being especially
susceptible to its negative effects, that include altered brain development,
memory and concentration;
AND
WHEREAS, the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (2017)
reported that 54 per cent of all students thought it would be "fairly
easy" or "very easy" to get an e-cigarette with nicotine if they
wanted one;
AND
WHEREAS, a 2019 British Medical Journal survey of youth in Canada, England
and the United States found that from 2017 to 2018, the prevalence of vaping
for teens aged 16 to 19 jumped from 8.4 per cent to 14.6 per cent, representing
a 74 per cent increase year-over-year;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House refer the
following reference question to the Social Services Committee for immediate
action and report back with recommendations by March 31, 2021: ‘What can be
done to reduce the prevalence of youth vaping in Newfoundland and Labrador?'”
15. – THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE
LEADER – To Move:
“THAT,
notwithstanding the time limit prescribed in Standing Order 71, when this House
reviews the 2020-2021 Estimates of the Legislature and Executive Council in Committee
of Supply, the time allocated to that review shall be no more than 2 ½ hours.”
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